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Welcome, Welcome, Sabbath Morning

Dear Readers,

Sunday has become my new favorite day. It is impossible to say when this occurred, but Sunday is definitely at the top of the list now. The day is normally filled with a million things to do such as tunnel singing, devotionals, church meetings and home-teaching. All starts off well by getting up early and enjoying the morning silence and beauty.

That is how my Sunday started out yesterday. I woke up and rode my bike around before coming back to a certain spot and slipping in and out of consciousness for a couple of hours. Around 12:30 I got around to putting the ward bulletin together for church at 1:30, which consisted of three wonderfully spirit-filled hours. Sacrament Meeting was great, but bittersweet. Brother Kunz and his wife will be leaving us due to the fact that he is being released from the Bishopric. We will now have Brother Adamson and his wife to be part of our ward family. While they were all sharing their testimonies, it was great to sit there and write down the things that came to my mind about the future and about things going on in my life right now. I feel like there was so much direction given in that meeting.

After Sunday School and Priesthood I took a quick nap before going off to a Sign-Language group. I became interested in the group through a friend who was talking about it this week and I decided to go. It was very educational and I'll probably return next week to practice more.

Then came ward devotional and home-teaching. To finish off the day was tunnel singing, of course. I can't express how much I love going to tunnel singing. It is a great way to just let go and express love for my Savior. I highly recommend going if you are in the Provo area.

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